Woman who weighed 24kg treated for rare disorder

Bengaluru | Wednesday | 27th March, 2019

Summary:

There are rare instances of the pituitary gland not functioning properly. Severe blood loss during delivery causes decline in production of the pituitary hormone. That wasn’t all.Kumudeni Barman was later diagnosed with a rare disorder called Sheehan’s syndrome , which may affect a woman who has severe uterine haemorrhage during childbirth. BENGALURU: Aged 26 and a mother of two children, she weighed only 24kg . If blood supply to the pituitary gland is restricted, hormonal production faces an imbalance..